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LESLIE HOWARD CANTRELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 7, 1929 – February 9, 1966
Service recordLeslie Howard Cantrell, of Copperhill, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1929
- Home of record
- Copperhill, Tennessee (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 19
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- RICHARD RANDOLPH WOODWARDAirman First Class · February 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH AMSTUTZ JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT KENNETH LOVELACECorporal · February 9, 1966
From Copperhill
- JEPPIE JOSEPH PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.